Cowper-Coles process specimens

8 Specimens illustrating the Cowper-Coles centrifugal copper deposition process and one piece of antimony sulphide

Piece of copper sheet with weak lines of cleavage for wire making

Square copper wire as unwound from the mandril

Copper strip made by the weak line of cleavage process

Copper sheet deposited direct from ore

Thin copper sheet produced at high current density in a few minutes

Copper sheet produced direct from low grade copper

Section of cone showing how speed and surface friction alter the nature of the deposit

Mandril (of Cu)

Cowper-Coles process specimens

Specimen of Antimony Sulphide

Details

Category:: Metallurgy

Object Number:: 1913-72

type:: specimens

credit:: Mr. P.L. Cowper-Coles.

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